Yves Potard

French Ambassador

Professor of history and geography at the Lamarck High School in Albert (Somme) Knight of the Order of Palmes Académiques, Yves retired in 2010.

He is President of the Franco-Australian Digger-cote 160 Association created in 2001 in Pozières after having been president of the ANCCRE Association, for the creation of an international meeting centre for young people, in the heart of the historic sites of the Battle of the Somme. The numerous activities of the Association within our territory and in particular during the centenary commemorations of the First World War caught the attention of the French state. Yves has been awarded the Silver Medal of Tourism, having been recommended for the Award by the Prefect of the Somme.